Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 5–8, 1988
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Alberto (1988) was a tropical storm of the 1988 Atlantic season. It formed on August 5, 1988, 142 mi SE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, reached its peak of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1002 mb on August 7, 1988, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.0 days and travelled about 1,722 miles (2,771 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1015 mb | 32.0°N 77.5°W | 142 mi SE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Aug 6 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1014 mb | 32.8°N 76.2°W | 135 mi SE of Masonboro, North Carolina |
| Aug 6 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1013 mb | 34.0°N 75.2°W | 114 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Aug 6 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 35.2°N 74.6°W | 120 mi SE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
| Aug 6 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 37.0°N 73.5°W | 137 mi E of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Aug 7 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 38.7°N 72.4°W | 118 mi ESE of Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Aug 7 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 40.0°N 70.8°W | 107 mi SSE of South Kingstown, Rhode Island |
| Aug 7 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 41.5°N 69.0°W | 57 mi ESE of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Aug 7 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 43.0°N 67.5°W | 140 mi SSE of Bangor, Maine |
| Aug 8 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 45.0°N 65.5°W | 33 mi SE of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Aug 8 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 47.0°N 63.0°W | 53 mi N of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Aug 8 12:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 49.0°N 60.0°W | 93 mi W of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Aug 8 18:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 51.0°N 56.0°W | 144 mi N of Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Alberto.
At its peak on August 7, 1988, Alberto was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a central pressure of 1002 mb.
3.0 days, from August 5, 1988 to August 8, 1988. It travelled about 1,722 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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